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On-line Christmas Customer Votes pour in - your Garden Centre can join in too!
Woof woof: the tail of the two departing executives…
Sunningdale win Garden Centre of the Year Award at glitzy Hillier event
Wanted - more Greenfingers runners for London Santa Run on Sunday 6th December
Chartered Institute of Horticulture awards Services Contract to the Horticultural Trades Association
Politicians are keen to back horticulture, Commons reception told
Winter kicks in and drives sales of lighting and houseplant feeds
Christmas Eve is the peak time for sales of poinsettias, claim Wyevale Garden Centres
Mr Fothergill's marks Peter's 80th with painting of Seabrook's lavender
Garden Media Guild lifetime award for Adrian Bloom
Voting postcards and posters for in-store voting - The Greatest Christmas Garden Centre Team
Are you The Greatest at selling Pet Christmas products?
Vote for your Greatest Christmas Supplier of the Year
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Allensmore Nurseries Announce New General Manager
Garden centre Christmas gets an airing on Radio 4
Titchmarsh evening raises £3,000 for soldiers' charity
Christmas sales 3.4% up – on course for a record
There’s much more growing going on, even in November
Choir-a-thon at Webbs set to raise voices for hospices
Lawn Academy success – Extra spaces now available!
New Marketing Executive for Town & Country
Gardman supports Healthy Profits Roadshow
Wyevale Nurseries plans for the future
Best landscape gardener in the UK...it's official!
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Best landscape gardener in the UK...it's official!
Will Burberry, Gardenscapes, has been announced as ‘Best in the UK’ in landscaping gardening after winning gold at the Association of Professional Landscapers (APL) WorldSkills UK final.
 
Mark Chapelhow, Wildroof Landscapes took silver, and Noel Taggart, CAFRE, took bronze.
 
The APL WorldSkills final took place last week from 19-21 November at the NEC in Birmingham. Over the four days, one of which being a training/prep day, the competitors had 16 hours to build a garden designed by head judge and technical lead Jody Lidgard.
 
Will spoke to us about how he felt after winning gold and said, “Words can’t describe how I’m feeling, I’m completely overwhelmed by it all. It was a really good competition this year as everyone was really equal in standards. I’m really pleased to have qualified for the chance to go to Abu Dhabi in 2017, I didn’t think I would at all.” Talking about the WorldSkills competitions, Will said, “Loads more people should be put forward for it. It’s been a really good experience right from the start.”
 
Speaking to Mark after he won his silver medal, he said, “I’m really pleased for Will, really happy with the result. It’s been a great experience and definitely has great value and brings the coverage and promotion needed for the industry.”
 
Having competed in knock out stages in May at Reaseheath College, Nantwich and Greenmount Campus, Northern Ireland, and the semi-finals at RHS Tatton Park Flower show in July, the final five had proven their skills to the judges to be in the running for the title of ‘Best in the UK’ at the Skills Show.
 
During the final they were marked on elements such as block paving, recessed drain covers, wood work (which included decking and fencing), planting, health and safety and the overall appearance throughout the three days. A new element was included this year which tested the competitor’s knowledge to name ten of the plants that were included in the gardens.
 
Overall, this year’s finalists included Will Burberry from Gardenscapes, Mark Chapelhow from Wildroof Landscapes, Christopher Shore from Reaseheath College, and Noel Taggart and Aaron Quin from CAFRE. Adam Ferguson also joined the competition, but was competing purely for a place on the international squad in Abu Dhabi in 2017.
 
Judges for the competition included: garden designer Jody Lidgard, who has run his own landscaping firm for over 18 years, 2011 WorldSkillsUK Silver medal winner, Simon Abbott and APL National Business Manager, Phil Tremayne. Colin McKnight, 2015 UK Training Manager for the International WorldSkills competition also dropped by to check out how the competitors were getting on.
 
Matt Beesley, Beesleys Landscapes, and Jonathan Gill, CAFRE, popped by during the final to show their support to the competitors. Matt and Jonathan were in the UK Squad this year for the Landscape Gardening competition, held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and came home with silver medals.
 
The APL would like to thank sponsors Makita UK for supplying all of the tools and equipment for the competitors, Marshalls for all the paving and supplies, J A Jones for all the plants that were used within the gardens, Jewsons and British Sugar Topsoil for their support for the show.
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